Raise the Red flag

 

Raise the Red flag over the Reichstag is the photo of Soviet soldier who captured the Reichstag over hoisting the red flag, which later became known as the Victory Banner – one of the symbols of the Great Patriotic War, along with the famous photo “Combat”.

Raise the Red flag over the Reichstag is one of a series of images taken by Eugene Khaldey from the roof of the Reichstag building.

 

 

Photography Location: Berlin, Germany
Time taken: 2 May 1945
Author: Eugene Khaldey

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